2015
Augmentor α and β (FAM150) are ligands of the receptor tyrosine kinases ALK and LTK: Hierarchy and specificity of ligand–receptor interactions
Reshetnyak AV, Murray PB, Shi X, Mo ES, Mohanty J, Tome F, Bai H, Gunel M, Lax I, Schlessinger J. Augmentor α and β (FAM150) are ligands of the receptor tyrosine kinases ALK and LTK: Hierarchy and specificity of ligand–receptor interactions. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2015, 112: 15862-15867. PMID: 26630010, PMCID: PMC4702955, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1520099112.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAmino Acid SequenceAnaplastic Lymphoma KinaseAnimalsCell LineCell Line, TumorCell ProliferationCytokinesDoxycyclineEnzyme ActivationHEK293 CellsHeparinHumansImmunoblottingLigandsMiceMolecular Sequence DataNIH 3T3 CellsProtein BindingReceptor Protein-Tyrosine KinasesSequence Homology, Amino AcidConceptsLeukocyte tyrosine kinaseReceptor tyrosine kinasesTyrosine kinaseIL-3-independent growthCritical cellular functionsBa/F3 cellsCell surface receptorsAnaplastic lymphoma kinaseLigand-receptor interactionsCellular functionsLigand bindingF3 cellsReceptor tyrosineProtein ligandsNIH/3T3 cellsKinaseSurface receptorsIndependent growthSubnanomolar potencyCellsDisease statesHigh affinityLymphoma kinaseFAM150ANovel cytokine
2014
Structure, domain organization, and different conformational states of stem cell factor-induced intact KIT dimers
Opatowsky Y, Lax I, Tomé F, Bleichert F, Unger VM, Schlessinger J. Structure, domain organization, and different conformational states of stem cell factor-induced intact KIT dimers. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2014, 111: 1772-1777. PMID: 24449920, PMCID: PMC3918759, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1323254111.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsExtracellular regionConformational statesIg-like domainsReceptor tyrosine kinasesDifferent conformational statesTrans autophosphorylationTyrosine kinase domainMembrane-proximal Ig-like domainsTrans phosphorylationAutophosphorylation sitesDomain organizationKinase domainCytoplasmic regionHomotypic interactionsKinase activityReceptor dimersDimeric receptorTyrosine kinaseAsymmetric arrangementMolecular interactionsPrevalent conformationsCrystal structureAutophosphorylationDimersKinase